Abstract
Cuticle cracking (CC) is a major physiological disorder in cherry tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) that reduces fruit quality and marketability. We compared multiple cultivars grown across five cultivation seasons and conducted both cultivar-level and within-cultivar analyses to identify the fruit traits associated with CC occurrence. Mean comparisons revealed significant differences in CC incidence among cultivars, ranging from <10% in some ultrathin skin types to >80% in susceptible cultivars. Within each cultivar, CC severity was positively or negatively correlated with cuticle membrane (CM) deposition per unit area and fruit aspect ratio in some cases; however, these effects were generally weak. In contrast, the analysis of surface area highlighted that the incidence of CC increased with smaller fruit size in several cultivars and was influenced by seasonal factors. However, neither cultivar-level nor within-cultivar analysis explained the extremely low CC ratio in ultra-thin-skin cultivars such as ‘Amapuru’, ‘CF Petite Puyo’, and ‘Usuhada’. These results suggest that ultra-thin-skin cultivars may possess mechanisms conferring low CC susceptibility that are structurally distinct from those in typical-skin cultivars.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
CC incidence differed significantly among cherry tomato cultivars.
- Taxon
- Cherry Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0 - Outcome
- CC incidencee0
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Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“Mean comparisons revealed significant differences in CC incidence among cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
CC incidence was below 10% in some ultrathin skin cherry tomato cultivars.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ultrathin skin typese0
- Outcome
- CC incidencee0
- Value
- <10%e0
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Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“Mean comparisons revealed significant differences in CC incidence among cultivars, ranging from <10% in some ultrathin skin types to >80% in susceptible cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
CC incidence exceeded 80% in susceptible cherry tomato cultivars.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- susceptible cultivarse0
- Outcome
- CC incidencee0
- Value
- >80%e0
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Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“Mean comparisons revealed significant differences in CC incidence among cultivars, ranging from <10% in some ultrathin skin types to >80% in susceptible cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Within cultivars, CC severity was positively or negatively correlated with cuticle membrane deposition per unit area and fruit aspect ratio in some cases, but the effects were generally weak.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- cuticle membrane (CM) deposition per unit area and fruit aspect ratioe0
- Outcome
- CC severitye0
- Direction
- positively or negatively correlatede0
- Qualifier
- generally weake0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“Within each cultivar, CC severity was positively or negatively correlated with cuticle membrane (CM) deposition per unit area and fruit aspect ratio in some cases; however, these effects were generally weak”
Claim · model-written summary
The incidence of CC increased with smaller fruit size in several cultivars.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- smaller fruit sizee0
- Outcome
- incidence of CCe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- several cultivarse0
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Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“the incidence of CC increased with smaller fruit size in several cultivars and was influenced by seasonal factors”
Claim · model-written summary
The incidence of CC was influenced by seasonal factors.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- seasonal factorse0
- Outcome
- incidence of CCe0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“the incidence of CC increased with smaller fruit size in several cultivars and was influenced by seasonal factors”
Claim · model-written summary
Neither cultivar-level nor within-cultivar analysis explained the extremely low CC ratio of ultra-thin-skin cultivars such as Amapuru, CF Petite Puyo and Usuhada.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ultra-thin-skin cultivarse0
- Outcome
- extremely low CC ratioe0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“neither cultivar-level nor within-cultivar analysis explained the extremely low CC ratio in ultra-thin-skin cultivars such as ‘Amapuru’, ‘CF Petite Puyo’, and ‘Usuhada’”
Claim · model-written summary
Ultra-thin-skin cultivars may have mechanisms of low CC susceptibility that are structurally distinct from those of typical-skin cultivars.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ultra-thin-skin cultivarse0
- Outcome
- low CC susceptibilitye0
- Qualifier
- structurally distinct from those in typical-skin cultivarse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cherry Tomato Cultivars”
e0“ultra-thin-skin cultivars may possess mechanisms conferring low CC susceptibility that are structurally distinct from those in typical-skin cultivars”